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Why Are Musicals So Popular?

19 May 2018

When thinking about musicals you can’t help but thing about Andrew Lloyd Webber. He’s achieved the most success in musical theatre and runs one of the most significant theatre companies in London. He can be credited for creating the longest running musical production ever and also the highest grossing in history. The Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012 that’s the first musical to ever to do so and it is still going strong now. His abilities at producing musicals are legendary and long may they continue.

Les Misérables is another musical which has been operating for over 20 decades. More than 60 million individuals around the world have seen the stage musical in over 40 countrys. If you’d like a great cry, then head to your cinema and see it.

Vídeos infantiles musicales of musicals goes quite a way. I once seen the Amphitheatre near Taormina in Sicily and you can bet it viewed its fair share of musicals at its time. The Romans are thought to have copied the Greek theaters’ and done in enclosed wooden constructions. They attached metal chips to the displays to boost the sound of their dance. I am guessing these would be called the very first tap shoes.

There is something simply fantastic about musicals when they are performed nicely. As a kid the most recorded and watched films on TV for me were all musicals. I remember spending hours perfecting the exact skip Dorothy does down the yellow brick road! Subsequently there was “Annie”, “Dirty Dancing”, “Fame” and “Flashdance”, the list continues. The more I consider it the more I realise that I was brought up on musicals.

But what is it about musicals which make them popular even today? I believe it’s simply because they use song and dance to enhance a story. However, I believe it requires a particular kind of manager and choreographer to generate a musical work. Having seen plenty of productions of the same musical it appears the success is actually down to how well it’s produced. A couple of years ago I took my mom to see “We will Rock you” and it was just amazing. It actually provides you the feel good factor.

I can’t wait for the next big musical to hit the point. I have always needed to burst into song and dancing whist doing my weekly shop at Tesco’s! Perhaps I want to organize this, get a group of friends, prepare a dance and have some music prepared. I bet it’d make all of the shoppers stop and watch and provide them the feel good factor that all the best musicals provide you.